Initial changes to Ohio’s adult-use cannabis legalization law recently approved by voters advanced through the state Senate on Wednesday.
If approved by the full General Assembly, the changes would mean legal adult-use cannabis could go on sale in Ohio as soon as the bill is signed into law rather than nine months from now.
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However, the tweaked measure also includes a statewide cap on adult-use shops, increased taxes for recreational big cuts to commercial cultivation, a limit of 50% THC for extracts and the elimination of a requirement to issue more MJ business licenses.
Possession of recreational marijuana became legal Thursday based on the November vote that made Ohio the 24th state to legalize adult use. The District of Columbia also has legalized recreational cannabis.
Even before 57% of Oho voters approved adult-use legalization, Republican state lawmakers promised to make alterations in the law, and
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